New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-01
RETALIATION II1NDERED.
DELAYS IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.
STRONG DESIRE FOR PROMPT ACTIoN-ANofhh"
APPEAL FOR ADVICE

DELAYS IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
STRONG DESIRE FOR PROMPT AcTIoN-ANofhh"
APPEAL FOR ADVICE.
ley TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Tnere Is u steao1 sio"'
sentimen I'm the House in favor or reaii'tory
toward Canada and some Impotence is snow" w W..
allow proeress of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Ino
,,,,oopet,o, q. n resolution an the House 'o-"W
REQUIRING the committee report back the senate "i
for,nvh il only one of many Indications OF aes'r" "
have prompt action. As yet there mas oeen W
of tho subcommittee to which was re'ereo WV '
bill and the bill introduced In the House ny 'i '
mont the daf, OF which, il Is UNDERSTOOD was preparei
a, Or. s,a,s Dsnartmsnt meeting was 10 have been
nah but Il had to postponed on account OF the
asd accident IN the Belmont household 10 YORK IL
happened however that before he left washington TINS
morning to ,company his mother TO Now
Belmont placed in the hands of Speaker Calsle two
iden ca letters be forwarded to the Secretary OF
state and the other the Secretary OF The Treasury
In these letters attention was invited to the senate Dill
the Belmont bill and the German resolution anu raen
Of the Secretaries requested 10 stale Tor the oehen
If tho committee bis opinlun ~ the relative merits 81
the three ana his JUDGMENT "a To when one OF
thom. If either. should be recommended TO the Louise
Tue ssndine a request at this Time aft TIE
IN vIew of the necessity prompt and decisive action
by Congress- regarded as somewhat extradoriinay;
Until tho incoming OF this ADMINISTRATION IL hau uot
been practice of the leesl tive depart mcLt OF to
Government to ask what sort o. lessatio tn & ~ y,
request its opinion which of several proposed
measures. should he aopsa hs gnr,1n vii, do
in of difference OF opinion 'rtwren M, LAY IN
i Mi matter is generally rorare proIuoe
something winch may he dubbed an AdInlhs ratloh
bity of promrt action Republican member OF the
subcommittee to-day tired 10 nersuais Tue '", ne
| member-MI CIeinents-tO call meeting anu lhht he
declined to take any stems in Mr.. BelmGnt' nb cnce
In the House today the following preamble ana reso-
luton were introduced by Mr. Lawler. OF Illinois:
ph.r,as The belg-rrnt tone Canadian and The
that Great Ri tain Wal shortly dispatch nee,
90 s snps s Go srss HOSTILITY 1cwad s United
nf Ss5 Of or .;ns
that o, onr cS ha 10 WIT
francisco Boston lake ports Hampton Road N"w
Me- ami the K ,, sant gss OF T BAY arc
eSas nr that treat Britain and in
possession Of charts and exemphealion OF al our aoo'
an" SesOired That ihe President Re requested COmmaner
S e a an EARN iSG s Na WHAT are
in his Judgment to provide for this emergency
Mr. Bragg, OF Wisconsin, suggested that II was unwlse
to advertise TO the enemy our unprotected position.
The resolution was referred TO the Committee on APP
preparations.
Mr. Lowering OF Massachusetts had read resolutions of
the favor of the retaliation
bill
In the Senate Mr Hoar had the Massachusetts, resolu
tons read likewise
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL IN THE SENATE.
SENATOR ALLISON ASALYZES STATEMENT OF THE
PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON jan 3l-Mr. Allison. who has charge OF
the sundry Civil BILL stated that the total amount Tor
public buildings about $l,5000OO
Mr. Plumb inquired why II that the appropriations
for the work OF the Coast Survey were largely in
creased over the amount appropriated by the House.
Mr. Allison replied that the amendments reported by
the Senate Committee on Appropriations were substan-
TALLY with the estimates OF the Treasury
Department.
riah that fha neu IL
OF Representatives should have chance of trying
rs experiment In cutting down administrative expendi-
lures
Mr. Beck "a member OF the Committee on Appropria-
tions thought that the House had made mistake In
many Of the appropriations in this bill He knew that
the Senate had charged with and that
the Landed itself for He was one OF the
Democratic who perfectly willing 10 take
the responsibility lie did not think that those gentlemen
who objected what public service required would
mako any reputation before the country that any
party capital be made out OF that economy which
impaired the public service.
Mr. Allison confessed that he had been tempted many
times since the Democratic Administration had come into
power 10 adopt the suggestion OF the Senator from Kan
sas (Mr Plumb and let the House have chance OF er
perimentng It's economy. He had seen tho senate
held up and gbbetted the roads Of public opin
ion because had insisted last year on an increase OF ap
proprstions they from the House. Here was an
attempt instance the part OF the House TO break
up the Coast Survey now organized He I'D not DO
neve In doing that Those who had Investigated the sub
ect knew that II regular appropriations were male To
carry on the field work that work would bc completed
Except as to Alaska within eight or nine years And yet
this Coast Survey would have been crippled under the
appropriations passed by the House that they were
To be adhered 1t would be better TO abandon the WORK
altogether That Office had always been carried on by
men Of the ghcs scientific attachments until some time
since when a 81 600 Treasury clerk was appointed
Ia heah at sala a
He was bonnd say for this gentleman tnat no had
shown. in the business management OF the ONCE ali
Turning the partisan questions involved he referred
to tabulaion contained In the Presidents last annual
message showing saving OF Sl7.0OOOOO In the public
expenditures In 1886 rs compared with isso He had
results OF the $5s7oo saving in the legislative ex
penses over 100000 represented the difference between
As 10 the saving OF In tho state Department
100000 Of the amount was for Judgments OF the Ala
5000 OF IL for the French claims The difference
Of figures In the Treasury department was made up OF
S3OOO,oO0 charged TO the sinking fund o. the Pacific
railroads In 1888 as against about isse An
81 900 less IN 1885 than In 1885, and another was
as compared with $l50O,Ooo in 1888 As to the Ieduc
ton 50 600 900 in the War Department, $646O.OOO
than that in 1886 Was that fairly to DO charged
to Republican extravagance Tho rest OF the
did not depend all the current administration OF
the War ,Ss os, 81 f. sdss to s1 s 1S
duction OF expenditures In the Navy Department,
81 represented what spent In the construc
ton OF vessels IN 1888 more than In 1886.
In the course OF a discussion point or order Mr.
Edmunds expressed parenhetically, the wish that the
Senate would provide for hundred new cruisers.
After dspOsing OF fifty six pages or the bill (out OF
1O1) the senate at 500 adjourned
EXPOSURE OF LITTLE VIRGINIA SCHEME.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 tSieeiob-Jhe bill TO reimburse
several States and the City OF Baltimore for expenses in
by them for the defence during the last
war between the United States and Great Britain pro
vokcd brisk debate in the House to-day and the oppo
nents of the succeeded In driving IL to tho
calendar OF unfinished business The basis OF the Oppo
ston attempt OF the trainers OF the bill 80 10
manipulate the account between the United States and
Virginia to make II appear that the former owes inc
latter when "A OF fact the latter Is largely In
debt to the former The apparent result In favor OF tr
Hnla obtained by computing lndebedness To the